Genesis 6:16:4Gen.6.16.W4PAT

וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙

veelama

and up to a cubit

Transliteration
ve-el-a-MA
Extended
veh-ehl-ah-MAA
IPA
/wə.ʔel.ʔam.ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
and up to a cubit
French
et jusqu'à une coudée
Spanish
y hasta un codo
Portuguese
e até um côvado
German
und bis zu einer Elle
Russian
и до локтя
Arabic-Simplified
وَإِلَى ذِرَاعٍ
Hindi
और एक हाथ तक
Chinese-Simplified
并到一肘
Korean
그리고 한 규빗까지
Indonesian
dan sampai satu hasta
Bengali
এবং এক হাত পর্যন্ত
Tagalog
at hanggang isang siko
Swahili
na mpaka dhiraa moja
Amharic
እስከ አንድ ክንድም
Yoruba
àti sí ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan
Igbo
na ruo otu nkwojiaka
Twi
na kosi basafa baako
Ewe
kple va ɖo abɔ ɖeka

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Result
וְ + אֶל + אַ + מָּה֙
ve + el + a + ma
veelama

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-el-a-MA

  2. clause

    TSO-har ta-e-SE la-te-VA ve-el-a-MA te-kha-LEN-na mil-ma-LA u-FE-takh ha-te-VA be-tsid-DAH ta-SIM

  3. sentence

    TSO-har ta-e-SE la-te-VA ve-el-a-MA te-kha-LEN-na mil-ma-LA u-FE-takh ha-te-VA be-tsid-DAH ta-SIM takh-ti-YIM she-ni-YIM u-she-li-SHIM ta-e-SE-ha

In contextGenesis 6:16

make roof opening for the ark finish and up to a cubit from above place and the opening of the ark in its side make lower second and third

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 6:16, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ (veelama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.6.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.16.W4.S1) and character.